China Entertainment 1997

Since Cao Xuan started ranking in early January, relevant news began to appear frequently in the country. By February 5, when Cao Xuan landed in the Super Bowl, the domestic media also began to reach a climax.

It can be said that the news of Cao Xuan landing in the Super Bowl is more popular than his current Spring Festival Gala.

After all, it is not new for King Cao to attend the Chinese Spring Festival Gala, but this is the first time for the "American Spring Festival Gala" and the first time in Asia.

Things are rare and valuable. Compared with Cao Xuan's glory for the country and even Asia, the Spring Festival Gala really has to be a little later.

During this period, basically any news that Cao Xuan had in the United States or other countries was immediately picked up by the domestic media.

Watching Cao Tianwang move to Europe and the United States, winning consecutive battles, greatly satisfied the vanity and national pride of the domestic melon-eating masses.

Many people directly rank Cao Xuan, Dayao, Liu Feiren and others.

In their view, Yao Yao is one of the leading centers in the NBA and continues to set records for Chinese and Asians in the field of basketball. Fei Liu broke the black monopoly, created the myth of Asian track and field, and shattered the so-called rumors that yellow people have weak genes.

Cao Xuan has also continued to become famous in the world's pop music scene on behalf of China and Asia, breaking the monopoly of European and American singers in the international music scene, and adding a truly top world pop star to Asia.

Since ancient times, there has been no distinction between styles and genres. From this perspective, Cao Xuan, like Liu Feiren and others, is a "national light" who represents Chinese and even Asians who have made major outstanding achievements in a certain field...

Some people may think it is an exaggeration, but many people think Cao Xuan deserves it.

Frankly speaking, just comparing his personal achievements in the world music world and the world film world, Cheng Long is now not as good as Cao Xuan.

After all, during Cheng Long's peak period, "Rush Hour 2", which had the highest box office, only ranked among the top 11 in the world for the year. It entered Hollywood's $20 million salary club, and other real achievements were limited.

The overall performance of Cao Xuan's last album "Release" ranked among the top ten or even the top five globally from 2003 to 2004.

Not to mention this year's "Legend", it destroyed the Billboard charts, and its record sales have exceeded 10 million+?

Even if it is a very conservative estimate, this album will be in the top three of the year for the first time, and it may even be in the second place.

After all, it is difficult to release an album with such a hot performance in more than ten years. If two albums were released in a year, 2006 would be the year of the gods.

Even though Cheng Long has been famous for a long time, he entered Hollywood in the 1990s and his reputation is both wide and deep.

Even if the influence of the world's pop music scene is inferior to that of the film industry.

Even if Cheng Long, Bruce Lee and others turned [chinese kungfu] into a label for China.

However, Cao Xuan's achievements in the international music scene cannot be ignored. He even has a high chance of becoming "the world's number one in the industry" for a certain period of time.

Being number one in any industry is a terrifying achievement.

In the cultural industry with huge influence, it is much more difficult to cap than in ordinary industries, not to mention that Cao Xuan himself is still in a "culturally disadvantaged" country, which is really a miracle.

In early 2006, urban rebirth novels on the Internet began to become popular. Many netizens joked that Cao Xuan was probably a rebirther or a cheater, clamoring for him to be arrested and sliced ​​up in order to find a way to help the national football team enter the 2010 World Cup.

Cao Xuan: "..."

Don't say cut me off, just cut the author. The fastest the national football team can reach the World Cup finals will be twenty years later...

But no matter what, maybe in some people's minds, Cao Xuan can't surpass Cheng Long at this time.

But the reality is cruel. Compared to Cheng Long, who has slipped from his peak, Cao Xuan has replaced him and become the most famous [Chinese] image in the eyes of many foreigners.

Jack Cheng may still be powerful, but Chris Cao's peak has just begun.

………

The outside world has been disturbing, especially the "News Lianbo" promotion, the official personally approved Cao Xuan's return to China, and all entertainment media have made a sensation.

They tried every means to interview Cao Xuan, and the crew of "Painted Skin", which had just started filming, was immediately surrounded, but Cao Xuan was nowhere to be seen.

Many people thought that Cao Xuan came back to participate in an event and then went abroad to continue promoting.

But in fact, Cao Xuan has ended his overseas promotion period, made an appearance in the capital, and returned to his hometown.

Zaoshi, Dongwangzhuang

The weather in southern Shandong in April was cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. King Cao was wearing pajamas and lying on his grandma's rocking chair to bask in the sun. From time to time, he would fiddle with his feet and rush over to pick up his discarded melon seed shells.

This time when he came back, Cao Xuan didn't disturb anyone. He only took Zhu Jiang with him, and sneaked into his grandma's house where he was recuperating in Dongwangzhuang in the middle of the night.

Except for grandma, Sun Lan and his wife, and the uncle's family living nearby, no one knew that Cao Tianwang, who had just made a global sensation, was hiding here and eating melon seeds leisurely.

If a reporter sees this scene, he will definitely be ecstatic, and if he takes the photo, it will make him famous without making the headlines.

It's a pity that there are no reporters here, only Sun Lan, who started to dislike his son after seeing him come home for two days.

"You littered the floor I just swept. Get up and clean it for me."

Sun Lan kicked the rocking chair. King Cao Tianwang, who was so majestic outside and was not afraid to sing in front of 80,000 people at the Super Bowl, had his blood trembling. He couldn't help shrinking his head, and then he got up and picked up the broom. .

Grandma was walking in the yard with her hands behind her back. When she saw this scene, her withered and young-toothed mouth raised a kind smile.

Comrade Cao Shuangguo was playing with the cabbages in the garden in the yard, wondering which ones looked good, which ones were delicious, and which ones were neither attractive nor delicious.

Give away the good-looking ones, keep the delicious ones for yourself, and chop the last ones into paste and feed them to chickens and dogs.

This small courtyard was bought by Cao Xuan. His grandmother had always lived at his uncle's house. Sometimes Sun Lan and Sun Lan went back to their hometown, mainly to visit the old lady.

The old lady is not used to living in a house in the city, it is inconvenient to live in her uncle's house, and it is troublesome to travel back and forth between the city and the countryside.

One time Cao Xuan returned to his hometown and learned that his uncle's neighbor had moved to the city. He directly spent money to buy the homestead and then rebuilt a small courtyard.

The comfort and convenience are not inferior to ordinary villas. The old lady mainly lives here, and her uncle is always there to take care of her. Sun Lan and his wife also stay here when they come back.

The whole courtyard is less than 300 square meters, about 50 square meters, and there is a small flower garden of 56 square meters in the middle, which is used by Cao Shuangguo and his wife to grow vegetables.

Cao Xuan was also used to it. The old couple had spent half their lives digging for food in the soil, and when they saw a place where they could farm, they didn't want to leave it idle.

Dashizuo Hutong is small and cannot be opened, but Caojia Hutong is big. The old couple specially built two vegetable gardens totaling about 30 square meters. They cannot say that they can provide all vegetables, but at least the onions, ginger, garlic and peppers at home are not available. After spending money, you will still have wealth to give to your neighbors.

Cao Xuan thought that if he built a manor in the suburbs of Beijing in the future, the old couple would have a lot of fun digging around while they had nothing to do...

After sweeping the floor, he helped the old lady sit on the rocking chair and gently beat her legs. Sun Lan finally snorted and put away her fierce gaze.

The old lady patted Cao Xuan on the shoulder and spoke for her grandson: "Lanzi, Xuanxuan is already 30. You can't train him like this anymore. It would be disrespectful to outsiders."

"He is 40 and he is also my son."

Sun Lan was dissatisfied, and the old lady raised her face in an imposing manner: "She is over 50 and she is my daughter. How dare you disobey me."

Sun Lan: "..."

Cao Xuan: (〃〃)

Then Sun Lan left in a hurry with murderous eyes and ran back to the room to play on the computer.

Yes, the wealthy family is rich and willful, and has a full range of home appliances. Even if Sun Lan and the others can't even find the power button, the house is still equipped with a computer, and all network cables and broadband are available. It's a bargain for Uncle Cao Xuan's grandson, who can take time off on weekends to Come and play games.

Cao Xuan took a look, "Red Alert", "Dynasty Warriors", "Grand Theft Auto", "Battle on the Beach", "Counter-Strike (CS)", "Fantasy Westward Journey", "Westward Journey" and "Jin Yong's Heroes".

There are stand-alone online games, including games such as "Bubble Hall" and "World of Warcraft" owned by Box Games.

If it weren't for Cao Xuan's spending, the computer broadband would be of high configuration, and ordinary home computers would really be unaffordable.

Looking at these dazzling array of game icons, Cao Xuan shook his head. Games are not a poison that poisons teenagers, but they are not played in such a way. It delays learning too much.

So, Cao Xuan uninstalled and deleted all the games, planning to teach his father and uncle later that they could play them on weekends and holidays and delete them directly from Monday to Friday.

Be sure to explain that it needs to be deleted in [This PC]. It is useless to delete icons, and always clear hidden files.

When necessary, you can also use tricks such as locking the door, unplugging the network cable, hiding the mouse and keyboard...

Thinking of this, Cao Xuan couldn't help but reflect on whether it would be good to vent the anger of the previous generation to the next generation.

The answer is: Well, it’s extremely comfortable.

The dragon slayer will eventually become an evil dragon, and he is not his own son, so it doesn't matter if he cheats him.

However, before deleting it, Cao Xuan still left two stand-alone games for himself to play, such as "Blood Battle on the Beach". It felt very satisfying to headshot the Japanese one after another.

Cao Xuan was killing as much as Yan Shuangying, killing 300 Japanese and traitors single-handedly, and a video call popped up on QQ.

After the call was connected, Hu Jing appeared in the camera in ancient costume. The background was a bit noisy, so she adjusted the microphone to get the sound clearly.

"Big superstar is so laid-back."

Seeing that she was wearing pajamas and a plate of strawberries in the camera, the Empress of the East Palace sounded resentful.

Cao Xuan calmly pushed the strawberries and other snacks out of the camera and asked a question instead of answering.

"How was the filming going?"

"It was fine before, but in the past two days, the reporters were so crowded that they disrupted the filming order. The crew couldn't be driven away too forcefully. Director Xu got angry several times."

Reporters are the uncrowned kings. Most of the time, they can only stop them and not drive them away. Otherwise, if they accidentally use a heavy hand and cause a physical conflict, the news that the crew of "Painted Skin" beat up innocent reporters will make headlines the next day.

Of course, with the size of Fanxing, ordinary media would definitely not dare to take the initiative to provoke her, even reporters from CCTV and various TV stations should pay attention to their discretion.

But there are so many people this time. The law does not punish everyone and everyone is acting rogue. No matter how awesome Cao Xuan is, he cannot control the entire entertainment media industry.

"Let me make a phone call and do a few phone interviews. I can't delay the filming of the crew."

Cao Xuan pondered for a moment and decided to take action. Sometimes the media is difficult to deal with, but sometimes it is easy to deal with. People need news, and if you meet their certain needs, many things will be easy to talk about.

Once the news is published, it will be easier to deal with a few people who have the background to take the lead, and the rest of the "rabble" will be easy to deal with.

"Well, when will you join the group?"

"Miss me."

"Think about it."

Hu Jing nodded generously. Cao Xuan left Beijing in early February and came back in early April. Although the video call was not interrupted, the video was just a video after all.

Cao Xuan went to the UK for promotions before, and even took the time to spend a day with Empress Nishigong, who took two weeks off to travel with her great-mother. Empress Nishigong also followed her during the European trip, but Hu Jing really hadn't seen her in person in two months.

Cao Xuan opened his computer calendar and calculated his schedule: "I will stay in my hometown for a few days, and then go to Xiangjiang to attend the Academy Awards. There is also a script meeting in Beijing. I should join the cast after the 12th."

In fact, according to the original plan, Cao Xuan planned to stay in his hometown for a few more days.

But there is no other way. In addition to the Academy Awards and script meetings, the crew of "Painted Skin" started filming in mid-March. It has been almost a month. He, the male protagonist, cannot keep showing up.

Fortunately, the role of the male protagonist Wang Sheng in "Painted Skin" is slightly weaker, and the tasks on Cao Xuan's shoulders are not as heavy as in the previous films, otherwise he would not be able to be so leisurely.

"How is grandma's health?"

"It's not bad. Maybe I feel better after returning to my hometown. It's much better than expected. Director Zhao from the province and Professor Wu from the capital will check it regularly, so don't worry."

The old lady was determined to return to her roots and would not stay in the capital. Due to her physical condition, she was not allowed to travel far, so she could only ask a doctor to come to the hospital in Zaoshi.

That is to say, Cao Xuan has a lot of money, a lot of face, and some connections. Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to hire experts from the province or even the capital to visit him regularly.

However, even with the protection of experts, grandma's overall condition is not optimistic.

Things are uncertain at this age. He might be able to run two miles in the morning, but not at night. Cao Xuan also came over to see more when he had time to make the old lady as happy as possible.

Hu Jing also understands this truth: "When the filming of this movie is finished, I will go home to visit my grandma."

"Okay, she was still talking about you yesterday, saying she hadn't seen you for a while and missed you."

In fact, what grandma said was that she wanted two grandsons and wives, but Cao Xuan would definitely not say everything stupidly.

There should be no ambiguity when serving water, but sometimes the spring and autumn brushwork can also promote family harmony...

………

Cao Xuan had to leave his hometown after staying at home for less than four days. He could have stayed for two more days.

However, his little cousin didn't know if it was because Cao Xuan occupied the computer and took revenge for personal gain, and accidentally revealed the news of Cao Xuan's return to his classmates.

Classmates spread the word among classmates, and soon the village knew about it. Once the village knew about it, the whole city was affected. It was estimated that in another day, the provincial TV station might send someone to interview.

There was no other way, Cao Xuan could only hide away, and Sun Lan and his wife took the old lady to the city to hide from the limelight.

But before leaving, Cao Xuan did not forget to call his uncle and cousin to beat up his little cousin.

Regardless of whether it is intentional or not, this is too loose a mouth. During the Anti-Japanese War, those who were not Ergouzi were also traitors who betrayed the people. If they don't teach him a lesson, the old Sun family's family tradition may be defeated by him in the future.

After leaving his hometown, Cao Xuan did not return to Beijing. He flew directly from Xu City to Xiangjiang on his own private plane to attend the 25th Academy Awards.

As the global box office champion of Chinese-language films last year and breaking the record for the highest box office of Hong Kong films, "The New World" was frequently nominated for this year's Academy Awards.

Cao Xuan himself was nominated for Best Actor, Tony Leung and Sun Honglei were nominated for [Best Supporting Actor], and Johnnie To was nominated for [Best Director].

In addition, the "New World" movie was also shortlisted for 4 awards: [Best Picture], [Best Screenplay], [Best Sound Effects], and [Best Editing].

There are a total of 8 nominations, which is inferior to "If Love"'s 11 nominations and "Initial D"'s 10 nominations.

The main reason is that "New World" has no outstanding female characters, and it is more plot-oriented. In addition to winning the "Best Sound Effects" award for the soundtrack, it suffered a lot in terms of music and design.

However, although "New World" has a smaller number of nominations, "New World" is definitely a favorite for this award, even the biggest favorite.

So regardless of this year's Academy Awards, "New World" ranks third in terms of nominations, but it is the crew that attracts the most attention from the outside world.

It is probably estimated that these two days will be the Hong Kong Film Awards, Cao Xuan will come to attend, and the Hong Kong media collectively squatted at the airport.

Unexpectedly, Cao Xuan had been on guard against this trick and flew to Xiangjiang in the early morning. Since it was a private plane, there was no flight information, so the paparazzi in Xiangjiang were caught off guard.

The paparazzi was so angry that they couldn't help it. Having a private plane is so capricious. As long as the flight route is coordinated, Cao Xuan can choose the time relatively freely.

This kind of flight information is highly confidential. Not to mention paparazzi, even officials without relevant authority cannot access it at will.

Sun Honglei did not come to this Academy Awards. He is filming the starry version of "The Legend of the Gods" and plays the important role of Shen Gongbao.

In fact, at the beginning, the role of Shen Gongbao was not decided by him but by Wang Zhiwen, but Wang Zhiwen rejected it.

Cao Xuan personally liked Yan Guanying, the teacher who played Captain Jia in "Underground Traffic Station", but later felt that it was too funny.

This is not a cartoon. You can turn Shen Gongbao into a clown. Yuanshi Tianzun is half-face control. If you really meet such a person, I am afraid that you will be killed by Ruyi, so in the end, Teacher Yan was only given a small supporting role as a villain.

However, although TV series cannot be as child-friendly as cartoons, some distinctions still need to be made. It is normal for the villains to be ugly, which can better help focus on the sides.

If the villain is too handsome or too likable, it is easy to affect the audience's emotions, and even "change sides".

Cao Xuan himself felt deeply that in "New Police Story", because Xuan was so handsome, many people followed his facial features and even began to sympathize with the villain.

The same is true for "Underground Traffic Station" mentioned above. The villain is too bright and lovable, and many viewers who are not determined even think that the Japanese and traitors are "cute".

Although it is a sitcom, there is no need to be too harsh, but we can also see the "side effects" caused by too successful villain creation.

The male protagonist of "The Legend of the Gods" is Jiang Ziya. Although there are Yang Jian and others, the main villains are King Zhou, Daji and Shen Gongbao.

Daji and Cao Xuan were played by Fan Xiaopang. She was gorgeous, charming and enchanting, and she could easily play the role of a demon queen.

Duan Long plays the role of King Zhou. He looks both good and evil, and his acting skills are very good. The only shortcoming may be that he is not tall and powerful enough. However, King Zhou in the play mainly embodies fatuousness and cruelty, and the heroic aspect is not important.

The appearance of these two people is still good, and they even slightly suppress the protagonist group, so they need a buffoon to foil them, so they became Shen Gongbao.

Many people in the crew thought Sun Honglei was good. Cao Xuan watched his audition and thought there was nothing wrong with him. He could be cunning, vicious, and funny, so he was finally cast as this important villain.

In fact, Huang Bo is not bad, but he is preparing to participate in another drama "Myth", playing the second male lead, Gao Yao.

Teacher Zhang Shi performed extremely well in the role of Yuan Shikong, and even became a Nortel textbook, but it is impossible for Cao Xuan not to praise his own person.

It has been several years since Huang Bo joined Fanxing. He has never acted as a male lead once. The second male lead in "Myth" is considered to be the best role in the biggest production he has come across.

The company obviously has a more suitable Huang Bo, so it is unnecessary and also chilling in the hearts of our own people to go to Shangtai Province to find Zhang Shi.

"Feng Shen Bang" is a major production by Fanxing and CCTV, with an investment of over 100 million, and many stars participate in it. There are double figures of national first-class actors, and there are also many first-line stars who participate in guest appearances.

Although Sun Honglei became famous because of "New World", he is not an experienced actor or a well-known celebrity. Playing the role of Shen Gongbao in it will not be a loss, and at the same time he can get closer to the stars.

To be honest, Fanxing is now very strong. If Zhao Baogang had not been kind to Sun Honglei and there was no shortage of people on Fanxing's side, Sun Honglei would have really wanted to join Cao Xuan directly.

Although it is difficult to take refuge now, if you can show your face more and do enough favors, Fanxing will have good opportunities in the future, and your chances will be greater.

Because of this, Sun Honglei performed so actively in "The Legend of the Gods" that he didn't even come to the Academy Awards.

You know, his role as Ding Qing is the most popular for this year's Academy Awards [Best Supporting Actor], and he has a high chance of winning the award.

Of course, it's also possible that Honglei Sun doesn't like the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. After all, Cao Xuan knows that this guy is quite proud.

In addition to Sun Honglei, Mr. Xu, who was also nominated for "Best Director" with "Seven Swords", did not come. He knew that his chances of winning the award were low, so he did not come here to "humiliate himself".

On the contrary, Mr. Zhou, who was also on the crew of "Painted Skin", asked for leave and came to Xiangjiang.

"If Love", which she stars in, is one of the most popular actresses this year. Huayi is also helping with public relations, so she is very likely to win an award, so it is impossible to miss it.

As for Cao Xuan and Zhou Gongzi, the two most popular actors as best actors and actresses, they have also received widespread attention from the media on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. They are looking forward to the final results of these two mainland actors.

………

On April 10, the Academy Awards will be held at the Xiangjiang Stadium

Thousands of spectators came to the red carpet at the entrance to watch. Many Hong Kong stars appeared one by one, which aroused cheers and support from the red carpet spectators.

Wearing a black dress with a hanging shoulder V-neck, Mr. Zhou appeared on the red carpet with Jin Chengwu on his arm, attracting screams and applause from many audiences.

The two are still very popular in Xiangjiang, especially Jin Chengwu, who was once called the second most handsome man in Asia, second only to Cao Xuan, and has many female fans.

The two smiled and waved to the audience and accepted interviews. As soon as they entered the venue, they heard a thunderous sound. The shouts almost exceeded the sum of the appearances of Liu Tianwang and other superstars just now.

Jincheng Wu was curious and prepared to poke his head in to take a look, but Mr. Zhou was very calm.

She knew who could make such a fuss without even looking.

Sure enough, half a minute later, Cao Xuan barged into the venue in a slightly embarrassed manner without even being interviewed. Several people nearby quickly closed the door.

Seeing the confused looks in Mr. Zhou's eyes, Cao Xuan flicked the wrinkles on his body and expressed some embarrassment.

"The audience and media were too enthusiastic, the security didn't stop them, and the scene got out of control."

Jinchengwu: "..."

Mr. Zhou: "..."

Liu Tianwang and others came over curiously after hearing the commotion: "..."

The Hong Kong Film Awards has been held for 25 years, and the red carpet has been on the red carpet for 20 years. Basically, all the superstars from Hong Kong and Taiwan have appeared, whether it is Cheng Longfa, the Four Heavenly Kings, Qingxia Manyu, Chu Hongzuxian , often causing a sensation.

But Cao Xuan is the first person in history to make the audience excited enough to interrupt the Hong Kong Film Awards red carpet ceremony.

There happened to be a member of the Golden Horse Awards organizing committee at the scene. Seeing this scene, he wondered whether he should propose to the organizing committee to increase the security force and let Cao Xuan save the money, otherwise others would not be able to leave on the red carpet.

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